Four Internationally Known Artists
in Residence at FAU to Create New Works and Present
Lecture

BOCA RATON, FL (October 9, 2007) –
The University
Galleries in Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt
College of Arts and Letters will host four international artists
this fall as they work to create and install works for FAU’s
upcoming “Delicatessen” exhibition. These four artists
– Thordis Adalsteindottir, Jane Benson, Luisa Caldwell and
Andrew Scott Ross - will also participate in a public panel
presentation on the evening of the opening of the
“Delicatessen” exhibition, Friday, November 9 at 6:30
p.m. The program will be followed by an opening reception. All
events and the exhibition are free and open to the public.

“Delicatessen,” which will be on display in FAU’s
Schmidt Center Gallery from November 9 through January 26, presents
22 contemporary artists whose work has been assembled to
demonstrate how artists often employ mundane materials or ideas to
make beautiful and meaningful works of art. The exhibition was
developed by Diana Shpungin, artist and adjunct professor in
FAU’s department of visual arts and art history.

Iceland native Thordis Adalsteinsdottir will begin working at FAU
the week of October 29.
She will create a
150-foot long wall painting on the walls of the Schmidt Center
Gallery Public Space, a lobby corridor adjacent to the Schmidt
Center Gallery. Adalsteinsdottir employs a figurative painting
style that is full of sly humor as well as emotional expression.
She studied art in Barcelona and New York City before receiving a
Masters of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New
York City. Adalsteinsdottir has had solo shows at Kobayashi
Gallery, Tokyo, Japan in 2007, the Reykjavik Art Museum,
Kjarvalstadir, Reykjavik Iceland in 2006 and the Stefan Stux
Gallery in 2004.

The
three other visiting artists all create three-dimensional works
that require their expertise to install. Andrew Scott Ross, a
native New Yorker, creates elaborate paper cutouts involving
numerous realistic looking shadow figures. Luisa Caldwell, also
from New York, creates exuberant decorative hanging works made from
discarded candy wrappers. Jane Benson’s work in
“Delicatessen” presents a de-feathered swan in a
mirrored aquarium-like showcase that multiplies the bird
infinitely. Benson was born in England and received her
undergraduate degree from the Edinburgh College of Art in
Scotland.

All
of the visiting artists will be assisted by FAU undergraduate and
graduate art students. During their visits, the artists will also
make presentations in FAU art classes and participate in reviews of
student art work.

The University Galleries are open Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 4
p.m. and Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m.. The galleries are closed Sunday
and Monday. Adult groups, public school field trips and university
classes are welcome at alternative hours by appointment. Guided
tours for groups are also available by appointment.

“Delicatessen” is made possible in part by a grant from
the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation. University
Galleries programs are made possible in part through support from
The State of Florida Department of State Division of Cultural
Affairs, Florida Arts Council and the National Endowment for the
Arts; Palm Beach County Cultural Council; R.A. Ritter Foundation;
FAU Student Government through student activity fees; and
individual friends of the University Galleries. Sherwin Williams
Paints and Sun Belt Rentals are exhibition production sponsors.

For
more information about FAU’s University Galleries, call
561-297-2966.